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Article by Alessandro Amendolara I have long since lost count of the concerts of Elio and the Tense Stories that I have seen over the years. But it was only tonight, in Biella, that I understood how the “Concertozzo” is much more than a musical event: it is the tip of the iceberg of a genuinely imperfect organization, capable of transforming an evening of music into an experience with profound social value. And then there's the rest. When all this happens in the charming pre-Alpine setting that gave you birth – literally a hundred meters from the bedroom where, as…

The five finalists have been revealed Tenco 2026 license platesthe award given since 1984 to the best songwriting records of the year. The announcement arrived on Monday 29 June and from today the second round of voting begins, the run-off, which will end on 7 July and will decide the winners of each section. The nominated works are voted by a jury of experts, journalists and professionals chosen by the Club Tenco. The records made available to the public between 1 June 2025 and 31 May 2026 fall within the reference period. There are six competing categories, and in one…

Hundreds of thousands of music fans endured disruption and disappointment this past weekend (June 25-28), as major festivals and outdoor gigs across Europe faced extreme heat and severe storms. On Friday (June 26) Defqon.1 – a 50,000 capacity dance music event in The Netherlands’ Biddinghuizen – cancelled the event. Organisers explained a “code red warning” had been issued by Dutch authorities for extreme heat. The continent-straddling heatdome weather event, that also brought record-breaking temperatures to parts of England, saw sections of the programme cancelled and fans evacuated at festivals such as Garorock (France), Paradise City (Belgium) and Scandal (Netherlands). Holger…

At Clive Davis’ funeral Monday, Alicia Keys paid tribute to the late, legendary record executive with a eulogy she titled, “A Letter to the Man Who Believed First.” The emotional speech found Keys recalling her first audition for Davis and expounding upon the endless support and friendship he offered her during their years working together. “You didn’t just sign an artist. You recognized the soul,” Keys said. “You saw not just the music I’d already made, but the music that was still sweeping inside of me, waiting for someone with the wisdom and the courage to call it forward. You…

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features @, This Is…

Just two weeks after Bob Dylan guitarist Doug Lancio vanished from the tour and was replaced by jazz virtuoso Julian Lage, Bob Britt — who has played guitar in Dylan's band since 2019 — has apparently left the group as well. Over the weekend, Britt wrote “Sayonara Bobby” on his Facebook page along with an image of a plane flight from Austin, where the next Dylan show is set to take place at the Moody Amphitheater, to Nashville. In the comments, he told a fan, “I quit.” (A shoutout to Dylan superfan Harold Lepidus for flagging the posts.) The surprise…

The video takes inspiration from Paul Simon's music video “You Can Call Me Al,” featuring Chevy Chase Walton Goggins is “Going Shopping” with the Strokes in their new video for the band's lead single for their forthcoming album, Reality Awaits. Taking direct inspiration from Paul Simon's music video “You Can Call Me Al,” featuring Chevy Chase in 1986, Goggins lip-syncs next to frontman Julian Casablancas as various craziness plays out alongside the two, nonchalant men. Landing Goggins for the cameo was a long shot, the band noted in a statement, but the White Lotus and Righteous Gemstones star readily agreed.…

Bruce Springsteen quipped that Clive Davis was “the most humble man in the music business” — before describing him as “big, and bombastic, and brave, and full of ideas” at the legendary record executive's funeral Monday, June 29. In the final eulogy of the service, Springsteen recalled the day he auditioned for Davis, who offered him a contract with Columbia Records on the spot. “On that day, Clive showed a 22-year-old nobody the same warmth, the same kindness, the same respect that he would show me after all my success for the next 50 years,” Springsteen said. Even after they…

Metallica also left their mark off stage during the Cardiff leg of their tour. Through the All Within My Hands charitable foundation, the band donated 20 thousand pounds (approximately 23,200 euros) to the Cardiff Foodbank, allowing the organization to distribute approximately 9,000 meals to people in economic difficulty. “At first we thought it was a joke,” the director of the Cardiff Foodbank, Rachel Biggs, told the BBC. “We received an email inviting us to contact the foundation because they wanted to donate £20,000 to us. It's a huge sum that will really make a difference and allow us to fill…

The TV project he had to see Achille Lauro protagonist in Rai would have failed. According to rumors circulating in recent days, the two event evenings scheduled in prime time on the flagship network between November and December would not take place, at least for the next season. In their place, for the Roman artist, however, a showcase would open on the opposite front: the San Siro concert broadcast on Canale 5. The Rai project that will never see the light Of the hypothesis of a show event built around Achille Lauro we had been talking about it for weeks.…